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Lara لارا
@lara-atallah.bsky.social
Your unfriendly cat lady. Author of EXIT SIGNS ON A SEASIDE HIGHWAY (everybody press, 2023)
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Wrote about Buenos Aires, a city that left a profound mark on me last year
"The city of good air is a red sun. We walk its streets and circle each other, astronauts in a fugue state tethered to a world in disrepair."

Lara Atallah's "Tethered Hearts" explores the mirrored worlds and wounds of Buenos Aires and Beirut.

Read the full dispatch online.
Tethered Hearts
LARA ATALLAH <br> The city of good air is a red sun. We walk its streets and circle each other, astronauts in a fugue state tethered to a world in disrepair.
buff.ly
November 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Deleted the other app formatted exactly like this one from my phone —my account’s still there though— is it less nazi in here? The levels of vitriol and sadism over there were starting to make it hard to want to do anything besides wish for a huge meteor to come take us out
March 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Guys, I'm not saying don't call your senators, but I am saying faith in government isn't going to save us. Pool your resources. Organize with your friends and neighbors. Find ways of helping each other. If you didn't start already, now is the next best time.
January 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Hazem just reminded me of this internet queen who taught us the most important lesson about being online:

youtu.be/kPvazeXmDqU?...
رضوى الشربيني .... block
YouTube video by my life
youtu.be
January 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The vibes are still a little milquetoasty over here. Need more degenerates
January 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Thinking of whoever it was who posted on the other app “you don’t need a new app, you need a revolution.”
January 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Excited to release HEAVEN LOOKS LIKE US: Palestinian Poetry with @haymarketbooks.org, coming to your nearest bookstore in May 2025. The cover is from Palestinian artist Jumana Manna & features brilliant poetry from Palestinian comrades all over the world. @intifadabatata.bsky.social
January 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Some news, with a heavy heart and gratitude for the people who fight to keep Palestinians alive, despite. My next poetry collection, WHEN THE ARAB APOCALYPSE COMES TO AMERICA will be published by @haymarketbooks.org in 2026.
December 4, 2024 at 11:24 PM
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It’s okay to be rude to people who want you to die
November 21, 2024 at 6:02 AM
In honor of this place becoming the new hangout spot, I just wanted to be very clear about my politics
November 14, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Botanical garden supremacy 💫
April 21, 2023 at 4:10 PM
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bluesky threads are called chemtrails
April 13, 2023 at 4:55 PM
An opener that lives in my head rent-free. The only first paragraph of a novel I know by heart

The Arsonists’ City — Hala Alyan
April 11, 2023 at 7:05 PM
Went for a walk // looked at pretty flowers // touched grass
April 10, 2023 at 8:41 PM
This is nice! :)
April 10, 2023 at 4:55 PM